Soul Provider is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Bolton.

[3] It was certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

[4] For the single version of "Georgia on My Mind", CBS edited out Michael Brecker's saxophone solo and replaced it with one by Kenny G.[5] Soul Provider has received generally mixed reviews from critics.

AllMusic retrospectively described it as "more of the same", but noted that due to this album, Bolton "was now stoking the romantic fires in bedrooms across America".

[6] Robert Christgau gave the album a negative review, declaring Bolton to be "indistinguishable from pop metal except in the wattage of his guitar parts and the shamelessness of his song doctors.